Re: Incidence of Child Abuse?

[Colleen Law <law@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jody, 

You might try looking at the Child Maltreatment Reports from the States.
This report is put together by the National Center for Child Abuse and
Neglect.  It is not a "perfect" report in that:  1- it contains both
substantiated and unsubtantiated counts on the various types of child
maltreatment by state; 2-some states did not report counts; 3-the counting
methods vary from state to state; and 4-there are some duplicated counts.
However, it is the best set of public data to which I have been able to
obtain access.  

I hope this helps. 

Sincerely, 

Colleen E. Law, M.P.H.
Brandeis University
law@binah.cc.brandeis.edu


At 10:46 AM 9/29/97 +0000, you wrote:
>For a paper, I need an estimate, or set of estimates, of the incidence
and/or 
>prevalence of child abuse in the population, independent of whether the
case is 
>reported to authorities.  I realize that there's no firm estimate available, 
>but I'm wondering if there have been any population surveys that have asked 
>people if they were victims.  So far, I've found the NIS, but that is only 
>cases known to professionals.  I'll probably use the family violence study
data 
>for physical abuse, but I'd like to have any stats available on the total 
>number of abused children in the population.
>
>Thanks for the help.
>
>Jody Crowley
>Joan (Jody) Crowley
>Assistant Professor
>Department of Criminal Justice
>New Mexico State University
>Box 30001, Dept 3487
>Las Cruces, NM 88003-0001
>505-646-5376
>